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I am the father of living beings and I should rescue them from their sufferings and give them the joy of the measureless and boundless Buddha wisdom so that they may find their enjoyment in that. Buddhism (500 B.C.E.)

I am blind and do not see the things of this world; but when the light comes from above, it enlightens my heart and I can see, for the Eye of my heart sees everything. Black Elk, Oglala Sioux

Date added: 12/14/2012

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It is wonderful, Lord! It is wonderful, Lord! It is as if, Lord, one might set upright that which had been upturned, or might reveal what was hidden, or might point out the path to one who had gone astray, or might bring an oil lamp into the darkness so that those with eyes might see material shapes. Buddhism (500 B.C.E.)

Him the sun does not illumine, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor the lightning - nor, verily fires kindled upon the earth. He is the one light that gives light to all. He shines; everything shines. Hinduism

Date added: 12/14/2012

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Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." New Testament

Right here, right now, in this moment, you don't have to 'figure out' the rest of your life, no matter what anyone says. In this moment, you don't need all the answers. They will come, in time, or not, or perhaps the unncecessary questions will fall away. . . . And so, instead of trying to 'fix' our lives, instead of trying to neatly resolve the unresolveable and quickly complete the epic story of a fictitious 'me,' we simply relax into utter not knowing, unravelling in the warm embrace of mystery, sinking deeply into the moment, savouring it fully, in all its uniqueness and wonder. Jeff Foster

It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal's rhythm of rest and activity. Thomas Moore (1940)

Date added: 08/30/2012

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Enlightenment is the understanding that this is all, that this is perfect, that this is it. Enlightenment is not an achievement, it is an understanding that there is nothing to achieve, nowhere to go. Osho (1931)

Date added: 08/01/2012

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When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life turns. Nisargadatta (1897)

Date added: 07/22/2012

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Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery - the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets - is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. Alan Watts (1915)

Date added: 06/13/2012

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You could be sitting all alone in your room, in anguish, regretful over the past, anxious in the present, and worried about the future, having nothing, hopeful for nothing - and if you would snap the hypnosis of your mind, all grief would vanish in a flash. Vernon Howard (1918)

Date added: 06/12/2012

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More and more our sincere seeker realizes his need to do nothing except to be an aware person from moment to moment. In one flash of insight he banishes the awful compulsion to scheme, protect, avoid, revise, attack, grab, cling, retreat, resist, regret, worry, expect, struggle, insist, demand, crave, battle, blame, apologize, persuade, believe. The whole terrible burden is cleared away. In its place he has quiet awareness. Vernon Howard (1918)

Date added: 06/12/2012

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It is peace, not happiness, that quells the fires of desire and leaves the heart truly content. Peace is the very essence of emotion and thought and yet beyond the touch of both. Frank Kinslow

Date added: 05/29/2012

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In this moment of clarity, there never was a "before" or "after." To be what you are, you don't need time. Karl Renz (1953)

Date added: 05/06/2012

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...dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body... Walt Whitman (1819)

Date added: 04/19/2012

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Nothing in the world is usual today. This is the first morning.

Come quickly - as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers. Izumi Shikibu (974)

Date added: 04/05/2012

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The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn as the round earth rolls. John Muir (1838)

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"If you come to a place of total helplessness, total powerlessness, don't resist. You might find something that up until then you have been missing.
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- Mooji

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"Go sweep out the chamber of your heart.
Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved.
When you depart out,
He will enter it.
In you,
void of yourself,
will He display His beauties.
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- Mahmud Shabistari

"Origen says the soul's quest of God comes by self-observation. If she knew herself she would know God also.
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- Meister Eckhart

"He who knows others is wise;
He who knows himself is enlightened.
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- Lao Tse

Most Popular Quotes

"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
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- American Indian

""Is there anything that I can do to make myself enlightened?"
"As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning."
"Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?"
"To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise."
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- Anthony De Mello

"If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's Gift!), If you persist in making effort to obtain what effort cannot get, If you persist in reasoning about what cannot be understood, You will be destroyed by the very thing you seek.
To know when to stop, To know when you can get no further by your own action, This is the right beginning!
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